we like to say that we're the shining city on the hill and others ought to follow. when ambassador steven's body came back and president obama came out to andrews he talked about how we're a light unto the world. the last decade, we've been a warning light, not a guiding light. i think we need to stop and think about what is it we stand for. if it's not our values and principles, i'm not sure why i spent 25 years in the military. >> cenk: i chose to become a citizen of this country and i'm incredibly proud of it. i believe it's a shining light and a shining city on a hill. it got that way by championing how many rights and bringing us together through the united nations and saying we don't torture and making sure we follow the laws of war. that's why we love this country. i saw a couple of greek coms tortured a couple of kids. they called it a guantanamo style torturing. is that what we stand for now is this colonel, thank you for fighting back against that, michael, i appreciate you joining us, too. i hope to have you both on again. >> thanks. >> thanks. >> cenk: w